Word: wrigley
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Francisco Golden Gate Fair: Mrs. Philip Knight Wrigley in a $5,000 trailer; egg-bald Cinema Comedian Guy Kibbee; Collier's Editor William Ludlow Chenery; one J. J. Jeejeeboy...
...World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis: a 2 min. and 20 sec. fight in defense of his title; knocking out grim, 36-year-old Jack Roper, a Hollywood electrician who was considered a boxing has-been ten years ago; before 25,000 fight fans; at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles. Challenger Roper, 12-to-1 underdog, admitting it was the first break he ever got, received 10% of the nearly $100,000 gate...
...seven: Columbia Conserve Co.: Nunn-Bush Shoe Co.; Welsh Co. (St. Louis baby carriage manufacturer): Berkshire Knitting Mills; Northwest Metal Products Co.: Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co.; Western States Envelope...
...George Halas' Chicago Bears, runners-up in the National Football League last year: a game against their archrivals, the Chicago Cardinals, 34-to-28, before 21,000 spectators; at Wrigley Field, Chicago. With four victories and one defeat, the Bears last week led the Western Division of the league...
...their crucial series just before the final series in St. Louis; Manager Gabby Hartnett who, knowing Dizzy Dean's love for dramatic spots, smartly selected him to pitch the crucial game, then next day socked the homer that put the Cubs in first place; and Owner Philip K. Wrigley, who selected Go-getter Hartnett as the necessary sparkplug to win this year's pennant...